"[8] To back up his various theories, Nerenberg employs quotes from Noam Chomsky, American Psychological Association president Dr. Robert J. Sternberg (who wrote Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid), pundit Bill Maher, "who blames it all on youth culture", and former CNN and 20/20 producer Danny Schecter.

[9] Others who appear in the film include:[3] John Cleese, Coolio, Drew Curtis, Salma Hayek, David Lawrence, Michael Moore, Geoff Pevere, Adam Sandler, Joel Schumacher, Paul Spence, Steve-O, and Josey Vogels.

In a podcast interview, Albert Nerenberg told Steve Paulson he was watching a "boring" documentary about intelligence when it occurred to him that stupidity would make a much more interesting film.

[11] Stupidity was screened in theatres during the 10th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, at the Bloor Cinema on 1 May 2003 and on 3 May at the Royal Ontario Museum.

"[8] Curiel believes that the film is "balanced", despite Nerenberg's "obvious liberal views", citing his interview of former Bush speechwriter David Frum.

Marc Savlov, assigning the film 3 stars out of 5, calls it an "amusing and horrifying documentary", which, were it stripped of Nerenberg's "hyperwit," might have been "too depressing to watch.

"[9] Wendy Banks describes the film's "rapid-fire editing" and spoofy, Entertainment Tonight like aesthetic as "more a riff than an argument", and suggests "it raises more questions than it answers", but remains "an intriguing subject, both funny and scary, and Nerenberg attacks it full on with humour and moments of insight.

[1] Reviewing the film for Variety, Dennis Harvey calls it "thinly amusing" but was otherwise not impressed: "A more deadpan, mock-solemn approach might have lent this concept a veneer of genuine wit", and Nerenberg's "jokey pastiche" is in "exactly the short-attention-span mode he decries in modern media.

[20]The Documentary Organization of Canada, which founded the Hot Docs festival, hosted an event to celebrate the premiere of Stupidity at the Schmooze dance club on 1 May 2003.